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Editions Benoit, cartographer and publisher of a fine line of wine maps of French wine regions, is redesigning all of his maps.
The maps listed here are all in stock at this time.
These are great maps that make wonderful wall decorations as well as being extremely detailed maps of the world-famous French wine regions. Most titles are available folded. Each map covers a specific region, with information on the varieties and the vineyards in the margins. Wonderful gifts for the wine connoisseurs.
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Map of French grape varieties |
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France has the world's second-largest total vineyard area, behind Spain. France is the source of many grape varieties that are now planted throughout the world, as well as wine-making practices and styles of wine that have been adopted in other producing countries.
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Map of French Appelations |
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French wine traces its history to the 6th century BC, with many of France's regions dating their wine-making history to Roman times. French wines are the notion of "terroir", which links the style of the wines to the specific locations where the grapes are grown and the wine is made, and the Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) system.
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